EDC 430 F14 WK 06 2014-10-20

Goal(s) for Class

• Plan a lesson for our units

Activities

• Announcements/Administrativia
  • ST Paperwork
• Sharing
  • What did you see in your classrooms?
  • What concerns do you have?
  • What teaching and science topics did you research?
  • What do you have to share with us?
  • Reactions to Esquith?
• Student Opening Graphics
  • What will you ask your students?
• Break
• Review: What does the NGSS say about Evolution and Genetics?
  • Unpack the NGSS Standard by identifying key topics.
  • Share your results
• Discussion: What does it mean to "teach for understanding?"
  • What is understanding?
  • How do you teach toward it?
• Worksession: Lesson Planning

Homework

• Observation
  • Watch what is going on one of your classrooms and complete Observe and Reflect Journal Entry #3
• Reading
  • Esquith, pp. 97-142
  • Chiapetta & Koballa Ch 3: Planning. . Don't waste your time by reading this w/o taking notes.
• Research
  • Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
    • Motivating students
    • Passionate Teaching
    • Project-based Teaching
    • Growth vs Fixed Mindset
    • Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
    • Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
    • 21st Century Skills
    • Classroom Questioning: Suggested Reference from Edutopia
  • Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 10 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
• Writing
  • Pick one topic from our mindmaps. Develop a Lesson Plan and all necessary instructional materials to teach this topic. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook.

• Start your SAFETY online training at http://labsafety.flinnsci.com/Home.aspx